Hi, I have had similar issues when the motherboard and/or video card was faulty.
What video device does your computer have? AMD, Nvidia, Intel ? And what model? Is the device a desktop or a laptop? Are you able to try a different video card? Are you installing Debian Bookworm, or Trixie, or something else? George. On Monday, 24-03-2025 at 11:46 W. Pepperdine wrote: > My fresh install of Debian XFCE freezes around the login screen about half > the time. I think the problem may be with lightdm. > > On a freeze, the screen is not updated, mouse and keyboard actions are not > registered, and there seems to be no activity at the USB ports. The only > thing to do is force shutdown with the power button. > > The freeze happens either just before, during, or just after the login > screen. I have not been able to reliably cause the freeze. The xession-errors > file and the systemctl output don't seem to capture the event. > What can I do to confirm if lightdm is the problem, and what to do if it is?
